Tēnā koe,

 

Thank you for contacting the office of Hon James Shaw, Minister of Climate
Change and Associate Minister for the Environment (Biodiversity).

 

Minister Shaw receives a significant volume of correspondence:

 

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agency.
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Strategic Communications Manager.
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redirected to [1][email address]

·         If you’re writing to ask for health advice associated with
COVID-19, we encourage you to please first visit [2]www.covid19.govt.nz.
You can also contact the Healthline team (for free) on 0800 358 5453 (or
+64 9 358 5453 for international SIMS).

 

Other useful contacts

·        Government helpline 0800 779 997 

·        Need to talk? Call or text 1737 or visit
[3]www.allright.org.nz/campaigns/getting-through-together

·        Essential business enquiries [4][email address] or 0800 22
66 57

·        Queries about transport email
[5][email address] 

·        For financial support visit [6]www.workandincome.govt.nz  or
call  0800 559 009  

 

o To find out more about Minister Shaw read his [7]biography or recent
[8]statements.

 

 

Ngā mihi

Office of Hon James Shaw
Reception +64 4 817 6663 | Ministerial Email [9][James Shaw request email] |
Web [10]beehive.govt.nz |
Postal Freepost Parliament, Private Bag 18 041, Parliament Buildings,
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Tçnâ koe Matthew,

On behalf of the Hon James Shaw, I wish to officially acknowledge your Official Information request received by our office on Tuesday, 22 June 2021 requesting the following information;

“…all written advice you have received as Minister of Climate Change since 1 January 2021 on:

1) human rights, labour standards and environmental issues associated with the mining of cobalt, lithium, nickel and other rare earth metals required for the batteries of electric vehicles

2) how batteries required for electric vehicles will be recycled or disposed of in New Zealand over the next 30 years, and in what volumes, and how any disposal sites will be kept safe."

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and, in any event no later than 20 July 2021. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

Ngâ mihi,

The Office of Hon James Shaw
Minister of Climate Change | Associate Minister for the Environment (Biodiversity)| Green Party Co-Leader
Room 2.025, Parliament House| Private Bag 18041 | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Hooton [mailto:[FOI #15869 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 22 June 2021 8:00 PM
To: J Shaw (MIN) <[email address]>
Subject: OIA401 Official Information request - Mining of cobalt, lithium, nickel and other rare earth metals required for the batteries of EVs

Dear James Shaw,

Under the OIA, I request all written advice you have received as Minister of Climate Change since 1 January 2021 on:

1) human rights, labour standards and environmental issues associated with the mining of cobalt, lithium, nickel and other rare earth metals required for the batteries of electric vehicles

2) how batteries required for electric vehicles will be recycled or disposed of in New Zealand over the next 30 years, and in what volumes, and how any disposal sites will be kept safe

Thank you

Yours faithfully,

Matthew Hooton

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Dear Matthew,

 

Further to our email of 24 June 2021, please find attached a letter from
Hon. James Shaw.

 

Kind regards,

 

[1]Crest Rio Yoon | Private Secretary,
Biodiversity/Climate Change

Office of Hon James Shaw

Minister of Climate Change |
Associate Minister for the
Environment (Biodiversity)

Room 2.026, Parliament House |
Private Bag 18041 | Wellington
6160 |

New Zealand
E:
[2][email address]

 

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-----Original Message-----

From: Bonnie Hayvice On Behalf Of J Shaw (MIN)

Sent: Thursday, 24 June 2021 1:14 PM

To: 'Matthew Hooton' <[4][FOI #15869 email]>

Subject: RE: OIA401 Official Information request - Mining of cobalt,
lithium, nickel and other rare earth metals required for the batteries of
EVs

 

Tçnâ koe Matthew,

 

On behalf of the Hon James Shaw, I wish to officially acknowledge your
Official Information request received by our office on Tuesday, 22 June
2021 requesting the following information;

 

 

“…all written advice you have received as Minister of Climate Change since
1 January 2021 on:

 

1) human rights, labour standards and environmental issues associated with
the mining of cobalt, lithium, nickel and other rare earth metals required
for the batteries of electric vehicles

 

2) how batteries required for electric vehicles will be recycled or
disposed of in New Zealand over the next 30 years, and in what volumes,
and how any disposal sites will be kept safe."

 

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and, in
any event no later than 20 July 2021. If we are unable to respond to your
request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

 

The Office of Hon James Shaw

Minister of Climate Change | Associate Minister for the Environment
(Biodiversity)| Green Party Co-Leader Room 2.025, Parliament House|
Private Bag 18041 | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Matthew Hooton
[[5]mailto:[FOI #15869 email]]

Sent: Tuesday, 22 June 2021 8:00 PM

To: J Shaw (MIN) <[6][email address]>

Subject: OIA401 Official Information request - Mining of cobalt, lithium,
nickel and other rare earth metals required for the batteries of EVs

 

Dear James Shaw,

 

Under the OIA, I request all written advice you have received as Minister
of Climate Change since 1 January 2021 on:

 

1) human rights, labour standards and environmental issues associated with
the mining of cobalt, lithium, nickel and other rare earth metals required
for the batteries of electric vehicles

 

2) how batteries required for electric vehicles will be recycled or
disposed of in New Zealand over the next 30 years, and in what volumes,
and how any disposal sites will be kept safe

 

Thank you

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Matthew Hooton

 

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Good afternoon Matthew,

Thank you for your email this morning. Our office can confirm that the Minister has not received any written advice on those issues since 1 January 2021. I understand you have made a similar request under the Official Information Act to the Minister for the Environment, Minister of Transport and the Prime Minister.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Kind regards,

Rio Yoon | Private Secretary, Biodiversity/Climate Change
Office of Hon James Shaw
Minister of Climate Change | Associate Minister for the Environment (Biodiversity)
Room 2.026, Parliament House | Private Bag 18041 | Wellington 6160 |
New Zealand
E: [email address]
Cell: 027 235 5137

The information contained in this email message is intended only for the addressee. It may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this message or the information in it as this may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please email or telephone the sender immediately.

Please note information about meetings related to the Minister’s portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Hooton [mailto:[FOI #15869 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 20 July 2021 7:10 AM
To: Rio Yoon <[email address]>
Subject: Re: OIA401 response letter

Dear Rio Yoon

Thank you for your letter of 19 July.

The Minister may have misunderstood my request. It was not limited to advice from the Ministry for the Environment, but from any source. The only limitation was the date and that it be written advice. Would the minister please reconsider this request without the need to bother the overworked Office of the Ombudsman?

Many thanks.

Yours sincerely

Matthew

-----Original Message-----

Dear Matthew,

Further to our email of 24 June 2021, please find attached a letter from Hon. James Shaw.

Kind regards,

[1]Crest Rio Yoon | Private Secretary,
Biodiversity/Climate Change

Office of Hon James Shaw

Minister of Climate Change |
Associate Minister for the
Environment (Biodiversity)

Room 2.026, Parliament House |
Private Bag 18041 | Wellington
6160 |

New Zealand
E:
[2][email address]

The information contained in this email message is intended only for the addressee. It may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this message or the information in it as this may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please email or telephone the sender immediately.

Please note information about meetings related to the Minister’s portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at [3]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

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